Chatham County prosecutors are reviewing a Georgia Bureau of Investigation report on what occurred in a June 26 incident when two Port Wentworth police officers fatally shot a 20-year-old man.

District Attorney spokesman Daniel Baxter said Friday the review will determine whether a crime has been committed. If so, the next step likely would be to take the case before the Chatham County grand jury for consideraton and possible indictment.

Baxter said he doesn’t know how long the completion of the review is expected to take.

The two unidentified officers opened fire on Deshone Travis as he backed his car out of a driveway on Corsair Circle in the city’s Newport subdivision.

Port Wentworth police Chief Matt Libby said his officers’ lives were placed in “imminent danger” when Travis, described as a suspect in a robbery at Pooler’s Wendy’s on June 25, rapidly backed his car toward them.

“Officers were forced to discharge their firearms,” Libby said at a press conference the day of the incident. “This resulted in the death of Mr. Travis.”

Algerene McKinnon, who lived at the address where the shooting occurred, said lethal force was not needed.

He said Travis gave his keys to the officers, who later returned them, then asked if he was under arrest, and when they said no got his keys back from them.

Travis then entered the car, turned the ignition and began to reverse slowly. When officers ordered Travis to “get out of the vehicle,” shots were fired, McKinnon said.

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